This chapter describes the menu and the individual views that are available in STAGE.
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Menu This chapter describes the individual menu items that are available in STAGE.
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Home The Home view contains topic blocks with links to the main views of the STAGE user interface.
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Registration This view allows registering hosts such as WebRTC Gateway servers, NMOS and Artist-1024 devices that have been discovered on the network to make the device’s resources available for use within STAGE. This workflow includes: Creation of main and sub-locations that represents where equipment is physically located. Assignment of Discovered Hosts to their locations.
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Configuration This view allows setting the configuration parameters of each registered host.
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I/O Management I/O Management consist in the mapping of Hardware Devices to Virtual Devices. Hardware Devices represent the I/O Structure of a registered Host. Virtual Devices are used to represent elements of the real world (e.g. Mono Microphone) that are not directly visible to STAGE.
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Setup In Setup, you create a list of Jobs that are to be made available for STAGE users to use. Each Job defines the necessary requirements for a production or an event.
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Activation Job Activation is the process by which a user can specify that a Production should begin.
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Function Builder This view is used to create and manage virtual SmartPanels that can be used on smartphones, tablets or in a web browser on a computer. Each STAGE member uses a separate virtual SmartPanel in STAGE.
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User/Port Assignment This view allows assigning STAGE Users to Intercom Ports. It also facilitates the monitoring of Virtual SmartPanel license utilization and supports the reservation of VSP licenses for specific users.
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Housekeeping This view allows deciding whether removed Intercom Resources should be deleted or kept for later use.
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Audio Pilot This view allows selecting and managing the various DSP configurations to access their control user interfaces across all running Jobs and accessing audio monitoring and selecting the monitoring source when working with SAME Audio Tools within Jobs.
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Virtual SmartPanel Browser This view allows operating a configured Virtual SmartPanel in the browser.
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Events This view allows retrieving simple user information about the processes in the STAGE system, e.g. when a user logs in or when an operating limit has been exceeded (e.g. when more than 80% of the channels of the WebRTC gateway are used).
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Live Metrics This view allows retrieving live measurement data from connected systems (e.g. the CPU load of a WebRTC gateway).
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Network Scopes This view allows creating Multicast Network Scopes.
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Users This view allows managing the users who can log into STAGE and assigning authorizations for the various functions.
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User Groups This view allows managing the available User Groups and assigning authorizations at group level.
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Identity Providers This view allows adding Identity Providers to the STAGE system. Instead of STAGE validating a user’s identity, STAGE uses one or more external Identity Provider services that provide user authentication for STAGE. In this scenario, STAGE does not store passwords or provide a 2-factor authentication mechanism for these users as this part is externalized by the Identity Provider for them.
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User Directories This view allows adding external user directories such as Microsoft Active Directory to the STAGE system to authenticate user access.
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System Configuration This view allows configuring basic STAGE system settings and viewing information such as serial number and package versions.
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License Management This view allows managing and validating STAGE licensing. Certain STAGE features require a license in order to use them.
Jobs are user profiles that define a production role. Jobs rely on a set of Consumers (inputs) and Producers (outputs) with Network Plugins for that person to fulfill their role. Jobs can be activated wherever the necessary resources are available.